Santa Cruz del Islote
CLOSE QUARTERS: Tiny Caribbean island the size of two football pitches and home to 1,200 people lays claim to be the world’s most crowded islet By Phoebe Cooke From The Sun UK The photographs portray life on the densely populated…
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Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018: An economic recovery in the making
By Alejandro Werne From IMF Recent trends in the world economy and financial markets are good news for Latin America. Global growth and trade are on an upswing, and we expect the momentum to continue in 2018. Stronger commodity prices…
Visa partners NovoPayment to simplify B2B transactions in Latin America, Caribbean
From Verdict Visa has teamed up with NovoPayment, a Florida-based payment provider, to support business to business (B2B) transactions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The two firms will collaborate for business traveller solutions as well as solutions for accounts…
Bus falls off cliff leaving 14 dead, 38 injured in Colombia
From WN The Associated Press reported 14 people were killed and at least 38 injured when a bus slid off the road and fell into a ravine in the northern Colombia state of Antioquia, local police reported. The incident occurred…
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Deep Blue Cable to extend network
From Jamaica Gleaner Deep Blue Cable, the new telecoms operation backed by Irishman Denis O’Brien, plans to extend its fibre-optic cable project beyond the Caribbean into the Americas. The company foresees that roughly half of existing cable layers in the…
Latin America is a leader in attracting investments to combat climate change, says report
The region has become an attractive market for investment in infrastructure and sustainable urban transport, and is expected to reach more than $ 1 trillion in investments by 2030. The report identifies seven areas of enormous potential to attract private…
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Caribbean Health Agency hopes to eradicate Zika in region
From telesur CARPHA officials say that even though the incidences of the Zika virus have decreased significantly, it is still present in certain communities. The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency is ramping up its campaign to “eradicate” the region of…
Destinations of the week
The 10 most popular travel destinations right now By Sophie-Claire Hoeller, INSIDER From Business Insider KAYAK just released its 2017 travel hacker guide. According to the travel search engine, which based its findings on data from its over 1.5 billion…
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VSN supports TV channels from the Caribbean islands in its TV production management
The technological company returns to the Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), an association of TV channels from all Caribbean islands, in order to consolidate its commitment to broadcasters in the area. The event takes place between…
Colombian shamans want to restore traditional power via national network
by Maximo Anderson on 14 August 2017 A Colombian organization known by the acronym CAAENOC is comprised of 35 elders from across Colombia. CAAENOC seeks to revive an ancient shamanic network that had existed for thousands of years until the…
